Senior Information Security Analyst

Pico; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Pico is seeking an Information Security Engineer to drive security assessments, policy enforcement and incident response across a global infrastructure. You will design, implement and operate security controls, with a focus on cloud security, IDS, IAM and firewall technologies.

The role demands strong risk, governance and threat intelligence capabilities, plus the ability to collaborate across geographies and support a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7+ years experience in information security.
• Strong knowledge of security controls, governance and risk.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, protect and manage security services for global infrastructure.
• Engineer and tune cloud security solutions including monitoring and posture.
• Implement and integrate security controls such as IDS, IAM and firewalls.
• Engage in technical design based on use cases and business requirements.
• Participate in PoCs and evaluations; provide recommendations.
• Stay abreast of emerging threats and adopt new technologies.
• Reduce time-to-detect/time-to-remediate through automation and threat intel.

Job description

Pico fuels the global capital markets community by providing exceptional market data services and customized managed infrastructure solutions. As financial industry experts at the center of markets and technology, we help our clients efficiently scale their business and quickly access markets. From infrastructure to connectivity, we support our clients through the full trading lifecycle. We are a global company headquartered in New York, with offices in Chicago, London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

General Position Description

The Information Security Engineer, under the guidance of the Chief Information Security Officer, will drive periodic security assessments, security policy enforcement, design and implementation and operation of security controls and systems, and incident response. The essential functions of the position include, but are not limited to the following duties consistent with the Information Security Engineer position.

Essential Job Functions

• Be part of team that design, protects and manages, security services for companies’ global security infrastructure.
• Engineer and tune the cloud security solutions including but not limited to enrollments, monitoring, alerting and maintaining defined security posture.
• Implementation, development and integration of security solutions like IDS, Identity and Access Management systems, Firewalls and other related security controls and technologies.
• Engage in technical design of solutions based on use cases and business requirements
• Participate in proof of concepts and other technical evaluations of technologies, designs and solutions and provide recommendations
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and threats proactively assess and evaluate the adoption thereof into the organization
• Reduce time-to-detect and time-to-remediate by driving the automation of applied threat intelligence and sensor enrichment
• Recommend appropriate system enhancements to improve the overall
• security posture.
• Assist in the development and review of security standards and practices
• Maintain expertise to function as the subject matter expert in all security-related areas.
• Review and analyze configurations, architecture and implementations to verify compliance with security standards and practices.
• Ensure systems and solutions are as per prescribed policies and are aligned with appropriate industry compliance standards.
• Research and resolve IT security compliance issues.
• Assist in the development of appropriate security metrics and key
• performance indicators.

Qualifications

Skills:

Requires excellent interpersonal, problem solving, and written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to demonstrate flexibility, self-motivation and initiative. Requires the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment and be able to multi-task effectively. Must be detail-oriented, customer-focused and able to work in a team environment. The candidate needs to understand the business reason for analysis and comfortably navigate through the technical details. Additional skills with applications and tools that directly pertain to the information security/vulnerability assessment and compliance arena are highly desirable.

Experience:

Minimum of 7+ years overall Information Technology experience within the Information Security area.

Specific technical experience includes:

• Firewall and Intrusion Detection technologies
• TCP/IP networking
• Experience in securing Linux
• Scripting languages and command line interfaces beneficial
• Risk and vulnerability assessments (network, host, application),
• Fortinet
• Firepower IDS

Must be able to effectively evaluate technical security controls in place on information systems and make management recommendations. Strong understanding of information security engineering processes, architecture methodologies, industry best practices and governance models (SANS, GIAC, COBIT, NIST etc) and generally accepted security principles.

Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Certifications:

(cloud security certifications), CCNA, CISSP desirable

Experience with SOC, ISO and other attestation and certification reviews a plus.

Working Arrangements

This is a Hybrid position with weekly time in the office with the flexibility of working from home. Though travel may be required from time to time, it is not expected to be regular or frequent. The role holder will be expected to work whatever hours are necessary for the performance of this role (recognizing that it involves multiple jurisdictions/geographies including but not limited to EMEA, USA and APAC).

IMPORTANT DATA PRIVACY INFORMATION:

This position is available with PICO GLOBAL LTD. The controller of your personal data will be PICO GLOBAL LTD.

Given the nature of the job, the position and the nature of the employer and the services it provides, we are entitled to possibly check the candidates' criminal record, as required by law and other regulations applicable to us.

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Be a part of Pico Family

Pico is an equal opportunity employer. Pico does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at Pico are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.